Effie Phillips-Staley

Phillips-Staley obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. As of the 2026 elections, Phillips-Staley had worked as a nonprofit executive, including as vice president for strategic advancement at the Hispanic Federation, executive director of the Foundation for the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns, and director of capital and institutional advancement at The Kitchen.[1]

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Campaign websitePhillips-Staley's campaign website stated the following:Effie is running for Congress to make Washington work for the people, not just the ultra-rich. She created her Suburban Progress Agenda to give everyone a fair shot at achieving the American Dream.Download: Suburban Progress AgendaHousingHomes for All, as a Human RightAmerica has a severe housing shortage, and families are paying the price while hedge funds and investors cash in. Effie will push for a national effort to build 5 million new homes over ten years, with 66,000 right here in NY-17, including permanently affordable housing. She will ban hedge funds from buying single-family homes, cap rent increases at 2% on subsidized housing, and provide up to $50,000 in cash assistance for first-time homebuyers, so families can stay, grow, and build generational wealth.ChildcareNo Family Should Go Broke Just to Raise Their KidsWhen childcare costs $2,000 a month per child, the system is failing parents by design. Effie will fight to guarantee childcare from birth through kindergarten, with universal, school-based childcare starting at age one, universal Pre-K, and one year of parental leave, including six months paid. Her plan reflects a simple truth: raising families should be supported by our society, not punished by the economy.HealthcareHealthcare Should Heal You, Not Bankrupt YouInsurance denials, soaring premiums, and medical debt put profits over people. Effie supports Medicare for All because healthcare is a human right. Her plan eliminates deductibles and surprise bills, covers mental health, dental, vision, long-term care and reproductive freedom, and ensures no one has to choose between medicine and rent or face bankruptcy for getting sick.EnvironmentProtecting Our Health, Powering Our CommunitiesEffie will fight to ban “forever chemicals,” invest in research to clean up PFAS, and block developments that threaten our water supply. She will incentivize local micro-grids and community solar to bypass corporate monopolies and lower Con Ed bills. Effie will prevent energy-draining data centers and push for green technology instead of fossil fuels and nuclear. By securing federal grants for zero-emission buses, she will eliminate diesel pollution and create local green-energy jobs that strengthen our communities.Tax FairnessYou Should Not Pay Higher Tax Rates Than BillionairesThe tax system is rigged to favor the ultra-wealthy while working families shoulder the load. Effie will repeal the $3 trillion giveaway to the rich, impose a wealth tax of 3% on fortunes over $50 million and 6% over $1 billion. She’ll work to close offshore loopholes, and ensure corporations finally pay their fair share so that all Americans, not just corporations and the wealthy, are able to thrive. ImmigrationEnd the Fear. Protect Families.Our current immigration enforcement terrorizes communities with aggressive raids, targets legal residents, while enriching for-profit detention centers. Effie will fight for the demilitarization of the American immigration system by abolishing ICE, closing for-profit detention centers, and banning family separation. She will champion humane immigration reform that creates paths to citizenship for Dreamers and long-term, taxpaying immigrants. Effie puts humanity over cruelty and profit.Advancing Peace AbroadGlobal Justice and the Rule of LawEffie believes lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians requires a shared commitment to equality, democracy, the rule of law, and the complete renunciation of violence by all. She supports Palestinian sovereignty and self-determination, an end to Israel’s occupation and illegal settlements, and two nations in one shared homeland where equal rights, safety, and the right to vote are guaranteed to everyone.She is the first candidate in this race to support the Block the Bombs Act, because U.S. tax dollars should never fund violence or military actions that violate U.S. law or international human rights standards.American DemocracyBy the People, Not the Highest BidderEffie believes democracy only works when elected officials answer to voters, not donors. Her campaign refuses corporate PAC and AIPAC money, and she will fight to overturn Citizens United so government works for everyday people, not entrenched power. And she’ll fight to ensure that hard-won civil rights for all Americans are protected and enforced. — Effie Phillips-Staley's campaign website (April 16, 2026)Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.